It doesn’t sound like the OP is necessarily gunning for a top corp CS job, more like one of the hundreds of thousands of perfectly solid IT jobs available instead. So if the CS snobs could stand down for a minute… OP, if you are looking to work in programming or other IT roles, you can go either way – LAC or university. IT is very much a “what can you do” field vs “where did you go”, so you pribably can do as well from a SUNY as an LAC if it is cheaper. But if you like the LAC atmosphere and it is affordable, go ahead.
I am not sure how easy it is for transfer students to do a 3+2. Very few students actually do the 3+2 path, and it extends your college expenses by a year. If you want an engineering degree, transfer straight to a 4 year eng program, don’t go the LAC route.